Perfectly designed for little hands and little hearts! As
you read the familiar Bible stories of Jesus meeting
Zacchaeus, calming a storm, feeding a crowd, healing a man,
and riding a donkey on Palm Sunday, your toddlers will put
together five 9-piece puzzles---and understand more clearly
the Savior we worship. Ages 3 to 5. 10 pages, boardbook from
Candle Books.

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Jesus Enters Jerusalem

To Remember:
Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords

Vocabulary

Hosanna! - a declaration of praise that originally meant 'save now'

Lesson

Luke 19:29-40 "When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the
place called the Mount of Lives, he sent two of the disciples,
saying, 'Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it
you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden.
Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you
untying it? just say this, 'The Lord needs it.'" So those who
were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they
were untying the colt, its owners asked them, 'Why are you
untying the colt?' They said, 'The Lord needs it.' Then they
brought it to Jesus' and after throwing their cloaks on the
colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept
spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approaching
the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of
the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for
all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying, 'Blessed is
the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and
glory in the highest heaven!" Some of the Pharisees in the crowd
said to him, 'Teacher, order you disciples to stop.' He
answered, 'I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would
shout out.'"

John 12:11-19 "The next day a great crowd that had come to the
festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took
branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting,
'Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord
-- the King of Israel!' Jesus found a young donkey and sat on
it; as it is written: 'Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Look,
your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!' His disciples
did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was
glorified, then they remembered that these things had been
written of him and had been done to him. So the crowd that had
been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised
him from the dead continued to testify. It was also because they
heard he had performed this sign that the crowd went to meet
him. The Pharisees then said to one another, 'You see, you can
do nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!'"

Discussion points:

John 11:45 - 12:9 shows the background for the entry of Jesus into
Jerusalem. The leaders of the Jewish nation wanted Jesus killed. Jesus had
not made a public appearance in a while. News of Lazarus' resurrection was
spreading and many were believing on Jesus because of it. The question of
whether Jesus would dare come to Jerusalem for the Passover was part of
everyone's conversation. Not only did he come - he came as a King!

Jesus normally walked everywhere he went. He didn't own an animal to ride.
For this occasion, he borrowed a donkey's colt. Even his ability to tell the
disciples where a colt would be and what the owners would say was a small
but powerful reminder of who Jesus was and the power he possessed. If he had
such power, why didn't he own a riding animal? Why did Jesus avoid all
physical trappings of power?

Jesus rarely accepted praise in such a manner. Why did he this time?

to fulfill prophecy -- John 12:16

to acknowledge God -- Luke 19:37

he fully deserved it -- Luke 19: 40

The timing was right. The kingdom was at hand.

Even in Jesus' moment of glory, the scripture says the people praised
God for the signs they had seen. This was as it should be. Jesus
was a great example of directing glory to God. We should be as well.

One reason for the crowd was the testimony of those who had seen Jesus raise
Lazarus from the dead. Even before the kingdom, testimony of a resurrection
brought people to Christ. But Lazarus' resurrection was just a foreshadowing
of Christ's own.

Lazarus would die again, Christ would not.

Lazarus' resurrection was to declare the power and glory of God,
Christ's resurrection was to bring redemption to all mankind.

Lazarus' resurrection would be testified of in Jerusalem, Christ's
resurrection would be preached everywhere.

Lazarus' death brought pain to a few, Christ's death brought pain to God
and even the earth broke.

The Pharisees wanted Jesus to stop the crowds. They considered their
acknowledgement of Christ's kingship as treason against Herod. Jesus'
response was that no one could stop the true acknowledgement of His
kingship. Creation itself stands as evidence (Romans 1). As Gamaliel would
later warn them, if it's from God, no one can stop it. (Acts 5:39)

The Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus before this grand entrance into the city.
What affect would this have on their hearts? Why not kill him then and
there?